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Million Dollar Baby

  • UK Million Dollar Baby
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62. Best
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Sports / Drama
USA, 2004, 133 min

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Eastwood stars in the role of Frankie Dunn, a down-on-his-luck former boxing manager who spends the twilight years of his life running a small, dilapidated gym in downtown Los Angeles. Frankie's previous career was blighted by an injury to one of his prize fighters, Scrap (Morgan Freeman), who lost the sight in his right eye during a particularly brutal bout; Scrap now wiles away the hours working as a cleaner in Frankie's gym. Wary of similar occurrences being inflicted on the prestigious young talent that passes before him, Frankie lets a succession of great boxers slip through his fingers. But when the brash, confident young boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) strides into the gym, Frankie's life is irretrievably altered. Initially refusing to train Maggie due to her gender and age, Frankie relents when faced with her tenacity, spirit, and burning ambition. The combination of Maggie's talent and Frankie's tutelage paves the way for the adroit fighter to rise steadily through the ranks of women's boxing, with the unlikely coupling forming a genuinely touching bond in the process. (official distributor synopsis)

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Awards

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Academy Awards

  • 2005 - Best Motion Picture of the Year
  • 2005 - Clint Eastwood (Best Achievement in Directing)
  • 2005 - Hilary Swank (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
  • 2005 - Morgan Freeman (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
  • 2005 - Clint Eastwood (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
  • 2005 - Paul Haggis (Best Adapted Screenplay)
  • 2005 - Best Achievement in Film Editing